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Lead Poisoning: An Alarming Public Health Problem in Bangladesh

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  • Amal K. Mitra

    (Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA)

  • Akhlaque Haque

    (Department of Government, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA)

  • Manirul Islam

    (North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh)

  • S. A. M. K. Bashar

    (North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Abstract

To assess the risk of lead poisoning among preschool and school-aged children in Bangladesh, 345 children were screened for blood lead levels (BLLs) from one rural and two urban areas in Bangladesh from September 2007 through January 2008. An urban industrial area at Tongi was identified as a disaster area, where 99% (104/105) of those tested had BLLs ≥10 µg/dL. Industrial emissions and use of leaded gasoline by two-stroke engine vehicles were identified as possible sources of lead in that area. A rural nonindustrial area at Chirirbandar, Dinajpur was identified as another high-risk area, where 14% of the children screened had BLLs ≥10 µg/dL. BLLs at the urban industrial area were significantly higher than those at the rural and urban nonindustrial areas (24.58 ± 10.32, 7.24 ± 6.31, and 2.47 ± 3.32 µg/dL, respectively; p

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  • Amal K. Mitra & Akhlaque Haque & Manirul Islam & S. A. M. K. Bashar, 2009. "Lead Poisoning: An Alarming Public Health Problem in Bangladesh," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 6(1), pages 1-12, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:6:y:2009:i:1:p:84-95:d:3793
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    1. Amal K. Mitra & Charkarra Anderson-Lewis, 2020. "Community Engagement and Outreach Programs for Lead Prevention in Mississippi," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(1), pages 1-9, December.
    2. May K. Woo & Elisabeth S. Young & Md Golam Mostofa & Sakila Afroz & Md Omar Sharif Ibne Hasan & Quazi Quamruzzaman & David C. Bellinger & David C. Christiani & Maitreyi Mazumdar, 2018. "Lead in Air in Bangladesh: Exposure in a Rural Community with Elevated Blood Lead Concentrations among Young Children," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-14, September.
    3. Marsela Tanaka & Konstantinos Petsios & Stavroula K. Dikalioti & Stavroula Poulopoulou & Vassiliki Matziou & Stamatios Theocharis & Ioanna D. Pavlopoulou, 2018. "Lead Exposure and Associated Risk Factors among New Migrant Children Arriving in Greece," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-10, May.
    4. Hiwatari, Masato & Yamada, Daichi & Narita, Daiju & Hangoma, Peter & Chitah, Bona, 2024. "Toxic pollution and poverty: Economic impacts of lead (Pb) exposure on household welfare in Zambia," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 221(C).

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